Conservatives pledge three northern Canadian army bases and fleet of surveillance planes for Arctic

Open this picture in gallery: This aerial view exhibits a Canadian soldier driving a snow cell on an ice highway throughout Operation Nanook, the Canadian Armed Forces’ annual Arctic coaching and sovereignty operation, within the Northwest Territories, Feb. 28, 2025.COLE BURSTON/AFP/Getty Photographs The Conservative Occasion, which has already promised a army base in northern Canada, on Thursday mentioned they’d in truth construct three such installations within the area as a part of a defence marketing campaign platform that seems solely targeted on continental safety. Conservative candidate Chris Warkentin, in a marketing campaign announcement in Yellowknife, mentioned a authorities led by Pierre Poilievre…